He has to leave at some point. Right? 🥲😂😂😂

Interesting. I read a little bit more about it:

“In Scotland, a window tax was imposed after 1748, and a house had to have at least seven windows or a rent of at least £5 to be taxed[10]. The tax was particularly burdensome on poor families living in tenements, where assessors taxed the residents collectively[2].

The window tax had several unintended consequences, including the boarding up of windows and the construction of houses with very few windows to reduce tax bills. These measures had pernicious health and aesthetic effects[7]. The tax persisted for over a century and a half despite widespread protests and was finally repealed on July 24, 1851[1][13].

The saying "daylight robbery" is popularly believed to originate with the window tax, but there appears to be no scholarly support for this claim[1]. The tax also inspired changes in architecture, with some houses being built with exactly seven windows to avoid the tax after it was abolished for houses with seven or fewer windows in 1823[3].

The window tax is often cited as a historical example of the potential distorting effects of taxation, leading to serious adverse side effects on social welfare and resulting in obvious and costly misallocations of resources[5][7].”

I think I’ve been 2-3x. Just for the snowmobile shows lol.

Most by-laws (depending on your municipality it will vary) do require a certain percentage of hard surfaces and lawn for your lot. For example 70% lawn & gardens vs 30% hard surfaces.

I know some people rip up their entire lawns and replace it with interlocking pavers or concrete which would then send more water towards the sewers instead of permeating back into the ground. Those people should be the ones that should have the this “rain tax” imposed upon. They’re likely going against the by-laws anyways.

When I install interlock patios, walkways or driveways, I always try to use a permeable application so that water goes straight back into the ground instead of running off into the sewers.

This is the job I’m currently installing for a client. It’s all open graded base material otherwise known as 3/4” drainage stone. There are no “fines” in it. The base is about 13-14” deep. Any surface water that runs off the patio will filter straight down through that drainage stone back into the ground and then soak into the sub-base.

Every job is different, and if I can, I will use an open graded base material to help with drainage.

Looking at this picture, the water will flow from right to left once the interlocking stone is installed.